Speaker of the National Assembly in the 13th Parliament.
He was the Bungoma Senator (2013 - 2022; Leader of Minority in the Senate (2013 - 2017)
By virtue of his position as co-principal in NASA he was retained as Minority Leader in the 12th Parliament but later replaced by his Siaya counterpart after 19 senators who attended Nasa's Parliamentary Group meeting at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi unanimously voted to replace him with Senator James Orengo on 15th March, 2018.
10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I never raised any issue on time.
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
This matter is very important. We should not trivialise it. We should not bring it to the level of communities. We should not bring it to the level of political inclinations. Contrary to what my good friend Ms. Abdalla has said, this is a matter with international proportions and dimensions. Tanzania is affected. We share Lake Victoria with Uganda
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day we had the Prime Minister of Tanzania visiting Kenya and one of the highlights of his speeches was to cry about the Mau Forest and its effects on the Serengeti National Park. Last week, I met the President of Tanzania in Libya and the first thing he asked me was, what we are doing about the Mau which affects the Serengeti National Park. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go to Lake Victoria today, in the last ten years, the lake has receded in some parts by up to 100 metres. You go ...
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
I will come to that! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can you restrain Mr. Ruto from interjecting in my contributions? When you look at what we have done to our environment since Independence, at Independence we had 12 per cent forest cover in this country; today, we have only 1.7 per cent. It is diminishing even more. It is like we are at war with our own country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you talk about what must be done with those who invaded the Mau Forest Complex, I agree that buyers for value without notice can be compensated. I agree ...
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a saying that if you want to know the owner of the dog, you beat it. Then you will very quickly know who the owner of that dog is.
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the passion with which I am speaking is the passion with which any Member here can speak about our environment. We should speak with equal passion. I have made my points. I hope my colleague Ruto will see the sense.
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
I now leave the Floor for others and beg to support.
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I thank the gracious lady and inform her that, in fact, Africa has now designated the Prime Minister of Ethiopia as our lead spokesman in Copenhagen. We will demand that 3.6 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the developed countries and the pollutants be assigned to Africa to save the environment.
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27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement requested by Mr. Olago, my learned senior. This was first directed to---
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